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Haurongo: Tuai

Silhouette of Tuai, 1818

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Silhouette of Tuai, 1818

Silhouette of Tuai, made in London in 1818. The silhouette shows more vividly than any other portrait what Tuai looked like. His profile is distinctive, and he wears the male haircut fashionable in London at the time: tufted in the front. The signature on the portrait is his own.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 2006-0014-1/2

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Alison Jones. 'Tuai', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/46880/silhouette-of-tuai-1818 (accessed 25 June 2026).